Improved medicine-chest



g@ gianni @time E'NNO SANDER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

Letters Patent No. 89,173, dated April 20, 1869.

IIHPROVED MEDICINE-CHEST.

To all 'whom it ma/y concern:

Be it known that I, ENNO SANDER, of St. Louis, in the county of St.Louis, and State of Missouri, have 'made certain new and usefulImprovements in Medicine-Chest; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full and clear descriptionthereof, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon.

-The nature of this invention consists in such an arrangement ofcompartments that each shall suitably enclose and securelyI contain,during transportation, a

Yproper vessel for holding drugs and chemical mixtures for sanitarypurposes, said compartments being suitably labelled, and said vesselsbeing correspondingly labelled, and all said parts being properlyenclosed in a box, or chest, the lid whereof'I is moreover arranged forself-support, thus permitting its use as a table, and said nature is insuch other and special detail features as are hereinafter more fully setforth.

vTo enable those herein skilled to make and use my said improved chest,l will now fully describe the same, referring to the accompanying-Figure l as a perspective elevation, showing the lid, or cover supportedas a table, and showing the upper interior range of compartments; to

Figure 2 as a plan with the lid of one sub-chamber raised; to

Figure 3 as a plan, with the upper sub-chambers or chests removed; andto Figures 4 and 5, respectively, as sectional elevations of cans orVessels for dry and wet chemicals.

I construct my said chest of an exterior box o r casing, A, usually ofwood and strongly hooped or banded.

By hinges c, I secure the lid A to said chest.

At the front edge said lid has an ordinary hingehasp, al, to engage upona proper staple, a2, so that the lid may be secured in its closedposition by an ordinary padlock.

In order that the lid Amay be supported in a nearly horizontal position,and thus serve as a table, I arrange in the hasp-plate a small mortise,c3, into which'a prong of the supporting-bar B may be inserted, theother end of said bar resting upon the ground, the lid A may then beused for any ordinary purposes as a table.

Within the chest A, I arrange the sub-chest C, having the hinged lid O1.

As said lid is protected by the lid A', when c osed, l arrange thereonthe card CZ, containing printed directions for using the variouscompounds in my said chest.

Within said sub-chest- O,I arrange the compartments c, on the partitionc whereof, are arranged the labels spts. nitre, ammoniaf and such othersas indicate the contents of the vessels contained in said compartments.

In order that the supporting-bar B may be easily secured andcompendiously stored, I v'cut a proper slot lacross the upper edge ofthe partitions in said subchcst O, and place thereon said bar when notused as a support for the lid A', as indicated in iig. 2.

The sub-chest O has the lift-hails, or hand-rings c, i'or readilyraising the same out-of the chest A.

Latcrally against said sub-chest 0,1 arrange the sub-chest D,withcompartments d.

This sub-chest usually contains cans with copperas,

laudanum, and similar chemicals, and is not so deep as sub-chest C.Under said sub-chests Gand D, and supporting said sub-chests, when inposition, are the compartments E and li, the partition-pieces e and j,respectively, thereof, being firmly joined with each other and with thesides of the chest A.

The compartments E will usually contain cans holdingV axseetblinseed-oil, alcohol, and'similar substances, and the compartments Fwill usually contain castor-oil, mustard, turpentine, and othersubstances.

The arrangement of said sub-chest andcompartments is in nowise speciallyclaimed, but I do insist that said sub-chests and compartments are to beof such form and size, that the several liquids, and powders, and othersubstances therein, shall be contained in the quantity which willsutiice for ordinary use, .and which shall, under ordinary use, consumethe said contents in about one period of time'.

It is only by supplying the several substances in the quantityproportionate to their use and application, that a chest is formedcontaining no surplusage, and economical in its demands upontransportation.

Within the several compartments before described, I arrange cans, orvessels, G, usually of tin, zinc, or similar material, to contain thechemicals, or drugs themselves.

For fluid or gaseous drugs, vor chemicals, I arrange a vessel, havingthe nozzle g (fig. 5) arranged with a screw-thread to engage the cap-nutg.

Within said cap-nut a rubber or cork pad, g2, is placed, so that whenthe cap-nut is screwed down tightly, said pad will make an air andduid-tight oint.

J For dry chemicals the lid h (in Iig. 4) is arranged simply to slide onand cover the nozzle. h.

As has above been intimated, the said cans G will be marked with thename ofthe chemical therein, corresponding to the label upon thecompartment ofthe chest.

In the compartments specially marked, I arrange the instruments andthings as on the drawing indi- 3. The chest A, lid Af, its sub-chest C,lid C, and cated. direction-card O, substantially as set forth.

Having thus fully described my invention, In witness of said invention,I have hereunto set What I claim, ismy hand, in the presence of- 1. Thechest A, arranged with sub-chests, and in- ENNO SANDER. ten'orcompartments, to contain the 'cans G, in such proportions and sizes ashereinbefore set forth and Witnesses: described. GEO. P. HERTHEL,J1.,

2. The chest A, its lid A', mortised hasp a, and WM. W. HERTHEL.

supporting-bar B, substantially as set forth.

